Talks about the fact that people regard publishers in a monolithic way, but they're not actually monolithic. Gives example of Science, Nature, Cell - people think about them in a similar way, but they actually behave very, very differently, and think in incredibly different ways.
- Michael Nielsen

all industries have progressive and reactionary peeople
- Cameron Neylon

While scientists have gloried in the disruptive effect that the Web is having on publishers and libraries, with many fields strongly pushing open publication models, we are much more resistant to letting it be a disruptive force in the practice of our disciplines. (Jim Hendler quote)
- Jen Dodd

Nature mission statement: from second issue of Nature, 1869: "First, to place before the general public the grand results of Scientific Work and Scientific Discovery; and to urge the claims of Science to a more general recognition in Education and in Daily Life;"
- Michael Nielsen

Mission doesn't say anything anywhere about being a journal publisher. I skipped part 2 of the mission - about disseminating science.
- Michael Nielsen

Back to the analogy with migrants. Emphasizes not having a sense of entitlement on the part of publishers. Humble posture.
- Michael Nielsen

@eva just a small interruption in the flow, here in the government we get periodic presentations from people who have email servers that purport to control messages entirely. There's a thing called Rights Management Services for Windows that, as long as everyone uses totally controlled systems, prevents people from forwarding emails and other such ridiculous limitations. I don't know if any big organisations have actually tried to use this kind of DRM for email, but the tech is there.
- Richard Akerman

"We're not in Kansas any more, but that's good, because it was a pretty boring place before."
- Chad Orzel

About 30 people in web publishing; gradually becoming more integrated with the rest of the company.
- Michael Nielsen